[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 28]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR417.172]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 417_SOAP AND DETERGENT MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of 

Contents

 

     Subpart Q_Manufacture of Detergents by Dry Blending Subcategory

 

Sec.  417.172  Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of 

effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable 

control technology currently available.



    Except as provided in Sec. Sec.  125.30 through 125.32, any existing 

point source subject to this subpart shall achieve the following 

effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction 

attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology 

currently available (BPT):



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                                                Effluent limitations

                                           -----------------------------

                                                        Average of daily

          Effluent characteristic             Maximum     values for 30

                                             for any 1  consecutive days

                                                day         shall not

                                                            exceed--

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                                             Metric units (kilograms per

                                                1,000 kg of anhydrous

                                                      product)

                                           -----------------------------

BOD5......................................        0.03              0.01

COD.......................................        0.21               .07

TSS.......................................        0.03               .01

Surfactants...............................        0.03               .01

Oil and grease............................       0.015              .005

pH........................................       (\1\)             (\1\)

                                           -----------------------------

                                              English units (pounds per

                                                1,000 lb of anhydrous

                                                      product)

                                           -----------------------------

BOD5......................................        0.03              0.01

COD.......................................        0.21               .07

TSS.......................................        0.03               .01

Surfactants...............................        0.03               .01

Oil and grease............................       0.015              .005

pH........................................       (\1\)             (\1\)

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\1\ Within the range 6.0 to 9.0.





[39 FR 13372, Apr. 12, 1974, as amended at 60 FR 33955, June 29, 1995]